Goldfield May Queen Mining Co. Property

The Goldfield May Queen Mining Co. Property is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,650 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Goldfield May Queen Mining Co. Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.73917, -117.22861

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Goldfield May Queen Mining Co. Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Goldfield May Queen Mining Co. Property
Secondary: Yankee Doodle
Secondary: Desert Rose
Secondary: May Queen Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1902
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): WEST OF AND ADJACENT TO THE SANDSTORM MINE. UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK WHICH EXTENDS FOR ABOUT 250 M IN ALL DIRECTIONS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): CLAIMS WERE LOCATED 1902-1903. MAY QUEEN MINING CO. WAS INCORPORATED IN JUNE, 1904. SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS WERE BEING MADE FROM THE YANKEE DOODLE CLAIM BY LATE 1904


References

Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL SOC. PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.